Meeting report

Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on 16 October 2018

Present: Dave, Tony, Beryl, Steve, Liz, Kay, Jim, Derek, Georgina, Cathy
Apologies: Anne, Liliane, Bridget, Hazel, Gerry

Business:

Meg Reid, organiser of the Felixstowe Book Festival, has some guest authors for 2019 who have written books about WW1 and WW2. She wondered if Scribblers could mull over any ideas for incorporating the wartime theme into their session/s at the festival. Currently Meg has nothing specific in mind; it might even be that this element isn’t expanded on, but she just put the idea out there for us.

Beryl’s novel – one or two IT hitches to overcome, but she hopes it will be printed very soon.

Competition:

Good to report that there were nine entries for the Bill Budner trophy. Beryl and Cathy did the readings, and as the evening rolled out, it became obvious that it was going to be extremely difficult to select just three for the top three places – such a variety of style, content and topics!

However, select them we did, and Tony kindly worked out the results.

Tony scooped first place with ‘Stacey Burnett’, beating Georgina’s tale ‘Sanctuary’ by just one point. Derek followed up in third with ‘The chimes of Big Ben’, only two points behind Georgina. This must be the closest run thing for a long time.

Remaining stories were:

Beryl – Takeover

Kay – Dog’s breakfast

Dave – Ticking clock

Liz – The drop in

Steve – A day at the office

Jim – Every Saturday night

After the usual photos of the winner being presented with the trophy, then a group picture, the meeting came to an end.

Next meeting: 

6 November. This is also a competition meeting, this time in memory of Mairead. A tale of Halloween, ghosts, magic, or spooky goings on where we will be competing for the crystal ball trophy that Bridget so generously purchased for the group. It will be a poignant meeting for all of us who knew and loved Mairead – she always wrote such superb tales on these themes – perhaps we can emulate her talent!